There is a pattern. I think I ordered it from Clotilde. But it's made by Down Memory lane. www.memlane.com. The story included says that the dolls helped to occupy the children and if they dropped them they wouldn't make noise on the old wooden church floors. I used scraps, so other than the pattern(somewhere around $10) it didn't cost a thing to make. I will look in my files to see exactly where I got them and how much. Oh I found it. I ordered from Keepsake Quilting and pattern was $8.50.